Psychologists! What's your diagnosis?

[extra-UNcool]

I wrote:

Relative size = "The painter could paint two adults in the painting, having one bigger than the other. We would expect both adults to be roughly the same size but the one that casts a larger image on the retina will be perceived as being closer than the one that casts a smaller image on the retina"

Height in the visual field = "The painter could paint one stall closer to the horizon and one further. The stall closer to the horizon will be perceived as being further away and the stall further away from the horizon will be perceived as closer"

I hate short answers, I know the answer but I can never word it correctly.

omg. i heard that mark was worth 4 marks!!! i think we were meant to talk about the stalls AND the people in both or something. how else would you get 4 marks from that. i'm doooooomned >_<

[Busy P]

im glad there was no shit on the muller-lyer i hate that shit

[daniel99]

I wrote:

Relative size = "The painter could paint two adults in the painting, having one bigger than the other. We would expect both adults to be roughly the same size but the one that casts a larger image on the retina will be perceived as being closer than the one that casts a smaller image on the retina"

Height in the visual field = "The painter could paint one stall closer to the horizon and one further. The stall closer to the horizon will be perceived as being further away and the stall further away from the horizon will be perceived as closer"

I hate short answers, I know the answer but I can never word it correctly.

omg. i heard that mark was worth 4 marks!!! i think we were meant to talk about the stalls AND the people in both or something. how else would you get 4 marks from that. i'm doooooomned >_<

Maybe it is ur explanation of how it applies to the picture 1 mark for each and how you explain it e.g. closer to the horizon.

[Nick]

By the sounds of what you guys have been saying (I haven't actually seen the exam yet) I reckon the A+ range will be about 160-180.

[anonymous12]

QUESTION

For that relative size and height in visual field question. I forgot to give an example when explaining height in visual field, like drawing stalls closer to the horizon, but I mentioned "he can paint objects closer to the horizon, which will be perceived further away than object painted further away from the horizon". Will I lose a mark?

[moshi]

QUESTION

For that relative size and height in visual field question. I forgot to give an example when explaining height in visual field, like drawing stalls closer to the horizon, but I mentioned "he can draw objects closer to the horizon, which will be perceived further away than object drawn further away from the horizon". Will I lose a mark?

i think you'd probably need to relate it to an example to get a mark - but maybe a more lenient examiner will mark your paper and give you a mark anyway

[thelovecatsx]

QUESTION

For that relative size and height in visual field question. I forgot to give an example when explaining height in visual field, like drawing stalls closer to the horizon, but I mentioned "he can draw objects closer to the horizon, which will be perceived further away than object drawn further away from the horizon". Will I lose a mark?

I did the same thing. I'm hoping for a mark but I've got a feeling I've lost a few easy ones. 

[Nick]

Like moshi said, a more discerning and strict marker won't give you the mark, while a more lenient marker will give you the mark.

It depends on your luck in that regard I suppose.

[mskwmskw]

i have no clue about how the grades are worked out but im wondering wat did i need to score out of 90 to get an A

[anonymous12]

Sounds fair enough.
What were your answers to the question regarding the GSR and polygraph? I've never seen how a GSR graph looks like in my life.

[moshi]

i have no clue about how the grades are worked out but im wondering wat did i need to score out of 90 to get an A

check out the grade distributions from the last few years, here's the 2007 one:
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/statistics/2007/section3/vce_psychology_ga07.pdf
they vary slightly from year to year

[Nick]

Last year you needed between 147-156. That means would would need somewhere between 73 and 78 out of 90 for an A last year. I think the cut off will be slightly higher this year though.

[moshi]

Sounds fair enough.
What were your answers to the question regarding the GSR and polygraph? I've never seen how a GSR graph looks like in my life.

i haven't seen one either, but i said something along the lines of, the assumption of using the polygraph as a lie detector is that lying produces high physiological responses to questions (i forgot to specify RELEVANT questions) , and that since Nick was in an aroused state, his skin's resistance to the electrical current would have been lowered

[clau.diia]

I drew a picture but I didn't say what he should draw? I really doubt you were supposed to though. I mean it's saying how he can create DEPTH in the painting not what he should draw in it....

[clau.diia]

Moshi that's right by the way